Stephen Barry Kass

Formerly employed by the international tax consulting firms of Deloitte & Touch, LLP., and Marcum LLP, Mr. Kass has provided reliable counseling regarding sophisticated matters for years. He is admitted to the Bars of the States of New York and New Jersey as well as the Federal Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.

He is an attorney and CPA and specializes in dealing with the IRS and NYS department of taxation and finance. Mr. Kass reduces taxes substantially using out of court solutions such as offers in compromise or in court solutions such as tax and bankruptcy courts. He also has completed a Masters of Laws in Taxation at New York University School of Law. Mr. Kass has given numerous lectures on the complexities of the interplay between the Internal Revenue Service and Bankruptcy Code and has authorized articles on these complex subjects and been consulted on the same by other attorneys and CPAs.

Mr. Kass advises clients in New York with respect to Bankruptcy problems, Tax problems, debt restructuring, corporate reorganizations, Tax Planning and deal structuring in New York, among his other services.

Mr. Kass is admitted to the following Courts:

Federal Courts:
1. United States Supreme court;
2. United States court of Appeals for the armed forces;
3. Eastern District New York;
4. Southern District New York;
5. New Jersey District Court.

State Courts:
1. New York State Court;
2. New Jersey State Court;

Accomplishments
• Commenced numerous adversaries against both the IRS and NYS to discharge and workout high tax debt; Either discharged fully or settled all.
• 100% successful in offer cases filed to date after pandemic including a substantial personal trust fund case and NYC restaurant with large sales tax debt.
• Successfully concluded multiple IRS Offers in Compromise both using the regular process as well as the appeals process;
• Successfully concluded IRS & NYS installment plans;
• Filed Tax Court Petitions & settled all cases;
• Substantially reduced NYS sales tax debt in Chapter 11 case filed in Manhattan.
• Engaged by other business bankruptcy attorneys to deal with the IRS and NYS in their Chapter 11 cases.
• Confirmed Chapter 11 case in Brooklyn with over a $700K discount in payroll tax debt. Repayment period extended to double the amount as per the statute;
• Structured deal with IRS and NYS to reduce income taxes over $800K per Chapter 11 Plan in Long Island;
• Reduced Payroll tax debt by over $1.3M in Chapter 11 case in Brooklyn;
• Settled IRS adversary case with the IRS in Washington, D.C. for over a 2 Million reduction in Income tax Debt;
• Structured deal with NYS for Sales Tax Debt resulting in discounts with extended payment periods up to 10 years;